Bailiffgate art competition winners revealed

This year’s theme was ‘seaside’ – inspired by the gallery’s exhibition Beside the Seaside which opened earlier this month – and a total of 681 youngsters submitted an entry.

Judges took more than seven hours to pick six overall winners, and a further six highly commended entries.

Eleven of the 12 winners attended a prize ceremony held at Bailiffgate on April 2. Gillie Stapleton, a volunteer at the venue and one of the three judges, said: “The children’s artwork this year was astonishing and it was an extremely difficult task to choose the final winners. We had our largest ever number of competitors, so it is clear that the theme of the seaside struck a chord with local children.”

The youngsters’ artwork will be on display at the museum until August 30.

Below is a list of the winners and those highly commended. Their creations will be on show at the museum until August 30.